1. AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AFIS) PRESENTER: ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER PJL DU TOIT HEAD: SA POLICE SERVICE CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE (SAPS CRC)

2. SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE “JUSTICE THROUGH IDENTITY” CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE (SAPS CRC )

3. STRUCTURES: SAPS CRC & LCRC NATIONAL PROVINCIAL SAPS CRC CRC COMPONENTLCRC COMPONENT LCRC OFFICES DETECTIVE SERVICE

4. PRIMARY FUNCTION CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (CRC)  THE IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS OF CRIMINALS/ OFFENDERS/ PERSONS BY MEANS OF FINGERPRINTS

5. CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (CRC)  LOCATED IN PRETORIA  ESTABLISHED: 1st APRIL 1925  STAFF COMPLEMENT  400 PERSONNEL  NATIONAL TEN FINGERPRINT COLLECTION : 5.1 MILLION

6. PRIMARY FUNCTION LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (LCRC)  SPECIALISED INVESTIGATION OF CRIME SCENES AND THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS AT THE SCENE OF CRIME

7. LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (LCRC)  LCRC DIRECTORATE AT NATIONAL LEVEL  REPRESENTED IN ALL 9 PROVINCES  90 DECENTRALISED OFFICES  UNSOLVED SCENE-OF-CRIME FINGERPRINT COLLECTION: 1 MILLION  STAFF COMPLEMENT  2100 PERSONNEL

8. PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LCRC’s

9. DISADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL SYSTEM:  MANUAL SEARCHES BECAME A BLOCKAGE IN THE INTEGRATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (ICJS)  MANUAL SYSTEM WAS INEFFICIENT & INEFFECTIVE AWAITING TRIAL PRISONERS, BAIL APPLICATIONS, 'WANTED" PERSONS ETC.  UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF ACCURACY HARDENED CRIMINALS RELEASED INTO SOCIETY DUE TO MISIDENTIFICATIONS  UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TIMES APPROXIMATELY 55 DAYS TO PRODUCE A PREVIOUS CONVICTION REPORT  LONG TRAINING PERIOD RECRUITS ONLY PRODUCTIVE AFTER 2 YEARS OF TRAINING

10. WHY AN AFIS FOR SAPS?  THE SAPS CRC HAS BEEN MANAGING A MANUAL FINGERPRINT SYSTEM OF ALL KNOWN CONVICTED CRIMINALS SINCE 1925  THE SAPS LCRC’S HAVE BEEN MANAGING LOCALISED COLLECTIONS OF SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS SINCE 1900  THE EVER INCREASING FINGERPRINT COLLECTION OF CRIMINAL FINGERPRINTS HAS LEAD TO VARIOUS DEFICIENCIES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL SYSTEM  THESE DEFICIENCIES AND DISADVANTAGES FORCED SAPS TO INVESTIGATE THE AUTOMATION IN THE MANUAL SYSTEM  THIS HAS LEAD TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AFIS) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION

11. SOLUTION TO CRISES FACED BY SAPS  THE ICJS BOARD HAS RECOGNISED THE PROCUREMENT OF AN AFIS AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS THE BLOCKAGES IN THE ICJS  CABINET APPROVED THE ACQUISITION OF AN AFIS DURING 1996  HOWEVER, NO BUDGET WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AN AFIS  IN JANUARY 1999 THE SAPS RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE AN AFIS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE  ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2000 AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE SAPS, IDC AND SAGEM (THE FRENCH SUPPLIER) (BACKGROUND)

12. IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS  THE AFIS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES, FROM NOVEMBER 2000 TO AUGUST 2002:  PHASE 1: NATIONAL TEN FINGERPRINT CARD PREPARATION, REPAIRS, BAR-CODING AND ALPHANUMERIC DATA CAPTURING 4.5 MILLION SETS OF FINGERPRINTS  PHASE 2: SOFTWARE CUSTOMISATION AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION CUSTOMISATION OF THE SUPPLIERS SOFTWARE ACCORDING TO THE SAPS’S REQUIREMENTS INTEGRATION OF THE AFIS AND CRIMINAL RECORD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (CRIM)

13. IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS  PHASE 3: CONVERSION OF TEN FINGERPRINT CARD IMAGES TO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT CONVERSION OF 4.5 MILLON SETS OF FINGERPRINTS OR 45 MILLION FINGERPRINT IMAGES TO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT  PHASE 4: AFIS DATABASE DATA LOAD THE LOADING OF THE 45 MILLION FINGERPRINT IMAGES ONTO THE AFIS DATABASE  PHASE 5: IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL SITE IN PRETORIA INSTALLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTRAL SYSTEM’S HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT (FEBRUARY 2002)

14.  PHASE 6: TRAINING OF SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS,OPERATORS AND EXPERT OPERATORS THE TRAINING OF 564 PERSONNEL MEMBERS: 8 AFIS ADMINISTRATORS, 12 TRAINERS, 338 OPERATORS AND 206 EXPERT OPERATORS WITHIN 5 MONTHS (MARCH 2002 – JULY 2002)  PHASE 7: IMPLEMENTATION AT LCRC’s THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 118 AFIS WORKSTATIONS AT 35 LCRC’S COUNTRYWIDE WITHIN 6 MONTHS (MARCH 2002 – AUGUST 2002).  SAPS AFIS: DECENTRALISED SYSTEM WITH CENTRAL SEARCH CAPABILITIES, SEARCHING CRIMINAL AND NON-CRIMINAL TEN FINGERPRINTS AND SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS

15. AFIS ARCHITECTURE: CENTRAL SITE WAN BACKUP UNIT MATCHER LEXTERNAL INTERFACE SERVER BIOMETRIC SERVER ADMINISTRATION WORKSTATION LASER PRINTER ROUTERS MATCHER NGM MATCHER U IMAGE PROCESSING SERVERSMATCHER T RAID UNIT WORKFLOW & DATABASE MANAGER MORPHOTOUCH

16. AFIS ARCHITECTURE: REMOTE SITE WAN LASER PRINTER ROUTER WORKFLOW MANAGERAFIS WORKSTATION(S)

17. AFIS CLUSTER CRIMLCRCAFIS

18. AFIS CLUSTERS

19. IMPACT OF AFIS  IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE ICJS (DOJ/ DOCS/DOSS/DOSD)  AWAITING TRAIL PRISONERS ARE INCARCERATED FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME  FEWER COURT CASES NEED TO BE POSTPONED  MORE EFFECTIVE BAIL OPPOSING  SPEEDIER AVAILABILITY OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION  SPEEDIER IDENTIFICATION OF WANTED PERSONS  IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY  FIREARM APPLICATION CLEARANCES  SECURITY OFFICERS’ CLEARANCES  PUBLIC DRIVER PERMITS  PRE-EMPLOYMENT CLEARANCES  BEHAVIOUR CERTIFICATE/POLICE CLEARANCES

20. IMPACT OF AFIS  NATIONAL DATABASE FOR SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS  A FIRST FOR THE SAPS SINCE 1925. CONTIBUTE TO MORE CRIMINALS BEING IDENTIFIED  FASTER RESPONSE TIMES  AFIS IS CONFIGURED TO COMPLETE A DAY’S WORK IN A DAY’S TIME (24-HRS)  INCREASE IN ACCURACY & PRODUCTIVITY  AFIS SEARCHES MINUTE FINGERPRINT DETAIL MORE EFFECTIVELY, REDUCES HUMAN ERROR AND ELIMINATES MANUAL CLASSIFICATION AND SEARCHING OF FINGERPRINTS  REDUCED TRAINING PERIOD  AFIS OPERATORS ARE PRODUCTIVE AFTER ONLY 2 WEEKS OF TRAINING  TRAINING PERIOD OF SCENE OF CRIME EXPERTS REMAIN UNCHANGED  ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF FINGERPRINTS (FBI, INTERPOL ETC.)  HELP ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL CRIME

21. IMPACT OF AFIS  IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE ICJS *AVERAGE NUMBER OF PREVIOUS CONVICTION REPORTS PRODUCED WITHIN 35 DAYS FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF THE CRIMINAL SEARCH (SAPS 76’S)  IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE20012002% INCREASE PREVIOUS CONVICTION REPORTS* 163 369299 07683% CRIMINAL SEARCHES PERFORMED 723 832921 08327% SERVICE20012002% INCREASE NON-CRIMINAL SEARCHES PERFORMED 412 802535 36330%

22. IMPACT OF AFIS  IMPROVED ACCURACY  INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY SERVICE20012002% INCREASE CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATIONS 215 724329 64153% NON-CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATIONS 29 43962 099110% SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATIONS 12 95216 55828% SERVICE20012002% INCREASE TOTAL NUMBER OF F/P SEARCHES 1 136 6331 456 44628%

23. IMPACT OF AFIS  FASTER RESPONSE TIMES

24. IMPACT OF AFIS  MORPHOTOUCH PILOT PROJECT SEARCHES PERFORMEDWANTEDS IDWARRANTS OF ARREST 6 9004563 6 38863133 1 49899 1 1102024 TOTAL: 15 89697229

25. QUO VADIS… THE WAY FORWARD  PALMPRINT FUNCTIONALITY THE CAPABILITY OF CAPTURING AND SEARCHING PALMPRINTS  LABORATORY ACQUISITION WORKSTATION ACQUIRING SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS FROM EVIDENCE  BOOKING STATION ELECTRONIC CAPTURING AND TRANSMISSION OF FINGERPRINTS (LIVE SCAN)  POSSIBLE FUTURE ADDITIONS:

26. AFIS BUDGET 2001/02 FINANCIAL YEAR  ADMINISTRATION: WORKSHOPS & TRAINING  INVENTORIES: STATIONARIES & PARTITIONING OF AFIS SITE  EQUIPMENT: SITE PREPARATION (AIR CONDITIONERS, UPS, OFFICE FURNITURE)  PROF & SPEC: CAPITAL REDEMPTION OF THE IDC ALLOCATEDR16 974 000 EXPENDITUREADMINISTRATIONR80 600 INVENTORIESR49 600 EQUIPMENTR1 956 500 PROF & SPECR14 108 900 TOTAL EXPENDITURER16 195 600 SAVINGR778 400

27. AFIS BUDGET 2002/03 FINANCIAL YEAR ALLOCATEDR26 088 000 EXPENDITUREADMINISTRATIONR656 600 INVENTORIESR760 200 EQUIPMENTR651 700 PROF & SPECR18 425 500 TOTAL EXPENDITURER20 494 000 SAVINGR5 594 000  ADMINISTRATION: WORKSHOPS & TRAINING  INVENTORIES: STATIONARIES & COMPUTER CONSUMEABLES  EQUIPMENT: SITE PREPARATION (AIR CONDITIONERS, UPS, FILING RACKS)  PROF & SPEC: CAPITAL REDEMPTION OF THE IDC, LCRC NAME AND AFIS MATCHER CHANGES